Attachment for cooking utensils.



P..WAGNER.

ATTACHMENT FORCOOK'ING UTENSILS. APPLICATION FILEDQMAR. II. 1914..

1,217,373. Patented Feb. 273-1917.

WITNESSES t r'wylwr ATTO RN EY rn'rnn WAGNER, or ELYRIA, OHIO.

ATTACHMENT FOR COOKING UTEN'SILS.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7

Patented Feb. 2?, 1917.

Application filed March 17, 1914. Serial No. 825,282.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETERWAGNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elyria,

in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio,

have invented a new and useful Attachment for Cooking Utensils, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to an attachment for cooking utensils.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive,and efficient device, designed to be readily applied to pans, kettles,etc., and adapted to support a knife and fork or spoon to prevent thesame from falling intothe contents of a cooking utensil, and capablealso of forming a rest for an ill-fitting lid or cover to prevent suchclosure from dropping into the receptacle, and of maintaining a pivotedhandle or bail in an elevated position to prevent the same from beinghighly heated.

. With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claimshereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form,proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to without departing from the'spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing z--- Figure 1 is a plan view of an attachment constructedin accordance with this invention, and shown applied to a cookingutensil.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the attachment, the cooking utensil andthe cover being shown in section.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is illustrated the preferredembodiment of the invention,the device is constructed from a singlepiece of wire or other suitable material, which is bentintermediate ofits ends to form an inner approximately U-shaped jaw 1, composed ofspaced vertical sides 2 and a connecting bottom portion 3. The sides 2of the jaw 1 are adapted to fit against the inner face of the side wall4 of a cooking utensil 5, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4

of the drawing, and the lower terminal portions of the sides 2 are bentslightly away from the wall 4 of the receptacle, the bends 6 offsettingthe connection portion 3 from the vertical plane of the straight sides2. The inner jaw 1, which engages the interior of the receptacle 5 atspaced points, is connected with an outer jaw 7 by transverse connectingmembers 8, provided at their inner terminals with horizontally disposedapproximately. U-shaped bends 9, and at their outer ends withapproximately vertical bends 10. The transverse connecting members formstops and rest upon the rim 11 of the receptacle 5, and coact with theinner and outer jaws in maintaining the attachment in a firm and steadyposition on the supporting wall of the receptacle 5. The innerhorizontally disposed bends 9 extend laterally from the transverseconnecting members 8 and connect the said members with the sides 2 ofthe inner jaw 1. These horizontal approximately U-shaped bends 9 alsoproject inwardly from the inner face of thewall 4 of the receptacle, andthey constitute spaced recesses which are adapted to receive theadjacent portion of a cover 5 to support the same in position. By thisconstruction an ill-fitting cover of slightly less diameter than the topof the cooking utensil is supported and is prevented from falling intothe said receptacle. The outer bands 10, which extend downwardly fromthe transverse members 8, connect the latter withthe outer jaw 7.

The outer jaw is composed of two approximately U-shape d loops 12,having their inner sides fitted together and secured within a sleeve 13.The sleeve 13, which is arranged in a, substantially verticalposition,is located between the transverse members 8 and extendsdownwardly to within a short distance of the lower terminal engagingportions of the outer jaw 7. The outer sides and the lower portions ofthe U-shaped loops of the outer jaw are arranged at an inclination andextend below the plane of the lower end of the inner jaw 1, and the saidouter jaw engages the exterior of the receptacle 5 at the lower ends ofits U-shaped loops. The particular arrangement of the inner and outerjaws enables them to be readily engaged with various kinds of cookingutensils, such as pots, kettles, frying pans, etc., and when the deviceis applied in position on a receptacle, the jaws firmly grip the sameinteriorly and exteriorly thereof.

The inner sides of the loops of the outer 'aw are extended upwardlyand'are bowed laterally in opposite directions to form opposite spoon orfork receiving bends 14, and the latter provide a loop of sufiicientsize to receive the shank or stem portion of a fork or spoon, but toosmall to permit the handle of a fork or spoon to slip through it andfall into the contents of the receptacle. The bends constitute a centralsuperimposed support and the sides of such support abut at the top ofthe same to close the mouth or entrance of the loop. The sides of thesupport above the abutting portions 15 are bent laterally in oppositedirections to form a flaring mouth or entrance 16 and to provideapproximately horizontal arms 17 and 18. The sides of the support alsodiverge below the abutting portions 15, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 ofthe drawing. By this construction a spoon 19 or fork (not shown) may bereadily introduced into and removed from the loop of the superimposedsupport. The spoon 19 or a fork, when placed in the superimposedsupport, extends inwardly therefrom and rests upon the cover 5. The

device maintains a fork or spoon in convenient position for instant use.

One terminal of the wire is bent to form an eye 20 at the outer terminalof the horizontally disposed laterally projecting arm 17, and a hook 21,which is also provided with an eye 22, is linked into the eye 20,whereby the hook is loosely connected with the device and is adapted tobe readily engaged with and disengaged from the bail 23 of the utensil5. The hook is preferably constructed of wire, and its outer portion isbent upon itself to provide a hook proper,

which has its bill 24 curved to enable the bail.

23 to be readily engaged with and disengaged from it. The terminalportion 24 of the hook is spaced from the shank of the latter a distanceless than the thickness of the bail, so that the said terminal portionof the hook must be sprung outwardly in introducing the bail into thehook proper, and in removing it therefrom. The hook or link is adaptedto support the bail in an upright position to prevent the same frombecoming highly heated. The other laterally extending arm 18 connectsthe central superimposed support with a knife holder 25, approximatelyL-shaped in side elevation, and composed of straight vertical jaws 26and a horizontally disposedapproximately triangular supporting loop 27.The jaws 26 are adapted to engage and receive be tween them the blade ofa knife (not shown), and the outer terminal portions of the said sides26 slightly diverge to form a flaring entrance to enable a knife bladeto be readily introduced into the holder. The triangular shoulders tohold the handle of a knife against lateral movement.

What is claimed is:

1. An attachment of the class described,

formed of a single piece of wire, comprising inner and outer jawsarranged to engage the inner and outer faces of the wall of areceptacle, and a transverse connecting member for the jaws arranged torest upon the upper edge of the receptacle, and provided with a loopedportion arranged below the inner upper edge of the receptacle andextending inwardly a short distance-to engage beneath the peripheraledge of the cover of said receptacle thereby forming a rest for saidcover when it is in place upon the re ceptacle.

2. An attachment of the class described, including an approximatelyU-shaped inner jaw arranged to engage the inner face of the wall of areceptacle, an outer jaw, and transverse members connected at theirouter terminals with the outer jaw and having their inner terminals bentlaterally and forming horizontallv disposed loops connected with thesides of the inner jaw and arranged to support a lid or cover.

3. An attachment of the class described including inner and outer jawsto'engage the inner and outer faces of the wall of a receptacle, andspaced transverse members connecting the said jaws and provided withapproximately horizontal loops projecting inwardly from the rim of thereceptacle and extending below the upper inner edge of the receptacleforming rests arranged to support a lid or cover, and a spoon holderformed on the outer jaw and arranged between and supported above saidhorizontal loops, whereby the spoon is caused to lie between said loopsand rest upon the cover.

4;. An attachment for cooking utensils, comprising inner and outer jawsadapted to engage a rim of a' vessel, the outer aw being provided withvertical jaws to engage the blade of a knife, and a support formed bybending the lower ends of the jaws at an angle to said vertical jaws andat one side of the same for holding the knife handle.

5. An attachment for cooking utensils, comprising aws adapted to engagethe rim of a vessel, one of the jaws being provided with an extensionhaving means formed therein for supporting a spoon, an arm extendingfrom said extension and bent to form vertical jaws, arid a horizontalsupport formed by bending the lower terminals of the vertical jaws, saidvertical jaws and horizontal support being adapted to hold a knife.

6. An attachment for cooking utensils comprising an inner and an outerjaw, transverse members connecting the jaws together, said transversemembers provided with inwardly extending loops forming a lid support,said outer jaw having a vertically disposed loop forming an articlesupport, and a knife support provided on said outer jaw at one side ofsaid article support.

7 An attachment of the class described, including inner and outer jawsconnected together at their upper portions, a superimposed substantiallyvertical support consisting of opposite sides or bends forming a loop,one of the sides being provided with a laterally extending arm, and aknife holder composed of co-acting blade engaging jaws, one of the jawsbeing connected at the top of the laterally extending arm, and asupporting loop having sides connected to the lower terminals of thejaws.

8. An attachment of the class described, including depending inner andouter jaws arranged to engage the inner and outer faces of the wall of areceptacle, a superimposed support having opposite sides orbendsconsisting of extensions of one of the aws and forming a loop to receivea spoon or fork, said sides or bends being provided at the top with alaterally extending arm, and a knife Copies holder connected to the armand having coacting jaws engaging the blade of a knife.

9. An attachment of the class described, including inner and outer jawsadapted to engage the inner and outer wall of a receptacle, the innerjaw being provided with a support for holding a lid or cover, said outerjaw having a vertical extension, and a hook hinged to said verticalextension and arranged to hold a bail in elevated position.

10. An attachment of the class described, comprising jaws to clamp areceptacle, a rest projecting inwardly a short distance below theperiphery of the cover of said receptacle to support the same, a spoonholder to support a spoon in a transverse position over the receptaclewith the spoon resting upon said cover, and a hook hinged to one side ofthe spoon holder, and adapted to engage the bail of the receptacle tohold it in an elevated position, said parts being arranged and combinedin a unitary structure.

In testimony, that I.claim the foregoing .as my own, I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PETER WAGNER. Witnesses:

H. E. SOHN, GEO. W. CHAMBERLAIN.

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